FUNCTIONS OF A COMPLEX VARIABLE I (62151/72151)

2:15pm-3:55pm Monday and Wednesday in room 276 MSB.

Syllabus.

Also note:

Section Start Date 01/16/18; Section End Date 05/06/18; Last Day to Add 01/21/18; Last Day to Drop 01/28/18; Last Day to Withdraw 03/25/18;

Instructor:
Books:

Office hours:
Office:
Office tel.:
E-mail:
WWW of the course :
Artem Zvavitch
“Complex Analysis” (Princeton Lectures in Analysis, No. 2) by E. M. Stein, R. Shakarchi.
I may also use “Complex Analysis” by Lars V. Ahlfors.
12:30-2:00 MW, but the best is to e-mail me and to make an appointment.
364
(330)-672-33-16
zvavitch@math.kent.edu
http://www.math.kent.edu/~zvavitch/CV_2018.html

Please, note the calendar below is just a plan. Homework and Exams dates may be adjusted during the semester!

Date
Lecture Topic
Special Remarks
Wednesday (01/17/18)
A short reminder about Complex Numbers First Homework.
Monday (01/22/18)
A bit more basic properties. Continuos functions. Holomorphic functions.
Wednesday (01/24/18)
Holomorphic functions. Welcome to power series Second Homework. First Homework Due.
Monday (01/29/18)
A bit more about power series. First look at complex integration
Wednesday (01/31/18) (NOTE we will start at 2:05)
Complex Integration and Cauchy's theorem Third Homework. Second Homework Due.
Monday (02/05/18) (NOTE we will start at 2:05)
Cauchy's theorem.
Wednesday (02/07/18) (NOTE we will start at 2:05)
Applications of Cauchy's theorem and Cauchy Integral. Applications: Liouville's theorem. Fundamental theorem of algebra. Fourth Homework. Third Homework Due.
Monday (02/12/18) (NOTE we will start at 2:05)
More Applications: analytic continuation. Morera's theorem. Sequences of holomorphic functions.
Wednesday (02/14/18)
Schwarz reflection principle. Runge's approximation theorem. Fifth Homework. Forth Homework Due.
Monday (02/19/18)
Runge's approximation theorem. Welcome to zeros, poles.
Wednesday (02/21/18)
Zeros, poles and Meromorphic Functions. Examles of applications to "real" integral and Riemann's theorem on removable singularities. Sixth Homework. Fifth Homework Due.
Monday (02/26/18)
Meromorphic functions and more discussion of singularities. Casorati-Weierstrass theorem and more.
Wednesday (02/28/18)
Argument Principle/ Rouche's Theorem /Maximum modulus principle Sevens Homework. Sixth Homework Due.
Monday (03/05/18)
Homotopies and Simply connected Domain and another look at integrals.
Wednesday (03/07/18)
The complex logarithm and the mean-value property. Eigts Homework. Sevens Homework Due.
Monday (03/12/18)
Entire Functions and Jensen's formula. Conting the roots. Functions of finite order
Wednesday (03/14/18)
Functions of finite order. Welcome to Infinite product. Nine's Homework. Eights Homework Due.
Monday (03/19/18)
Infinite Products. Weierstrass factorization theorem.
Wednesday (03/21/18)
Hadamard factorization theorem. Ten's Homework. Nines Homework Due.
Monday (03/26/18)
NO CLASS, SPRING BRAKE
Wednesday (03/28/18)
NO CLASS, SPRING BRAKE
Monday (04/02/18)
Welcome to conformal mappings.
Wednesday (04/04/18)
Conformal Mappings, Schwartz lemma and automorphism of the disc. Elleven's Homework. Ten's Homework Due.
Monday (04/9/19)
Automorphisms of the disc and upper half-plane.
Wednesday (04/11/18)
Riemann mapping Theorem. Twelve's Homework. Elleven's Homework Due.
Monday (04/16/18)
Riemann mapping Theorem. Conformal mappinngs onto polygons.
Wednesday (04/18/18)
Conformal mappinngs onto polygons: Schwartz-Christoffel integral. Homework Thirteen. Twelve's Homework Due.
Monday (04/23/18)
Conformal mappinngs onto polygons:Boundary behaviour
Wednesday (04/25/18)
Monday (04/30/18)
Wednesday (05/02/18)
May 13
FOR FINAL HOME WORK Please do problems 1,2,3,4,5 from 2015 Qual. Exam and problems 6,7,8,9,10 from 2017 Qual. Exam .

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